Telegram-herald., 1887-10-24

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Fisszess bsfeFe si4a.loss1-s After exsizilsllls.
sons b4ssssss eoaerralag H-zek.aA. Ia fzl
mage gaze oat ths follo~las Lyaan, NAian
s-s aaaz ~ TIA congregation
I1.s ziorioss hoes r.sises
s.. cfif cesIrsss - ia EaT.
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Professor hsary Eyrs eEo~ne rcniere1 On
tie orgaa sa aria xlzh variatieals, ~ lralaer.
The text u ths seraaon was fToEi EphesisFs
~. -. LET sos tAe sa2 80 eosn upon ycar
wrath-7 Dr. Talnass sai1;
"Ast pillow eEl5roesssd q al colors
hath the aYizg e@y Ths cradle - clouds
from ~hlck tke suE risss Is oe&al4tul sAog,a
bus it 10 SURPASSED by tie many eo.1red
zssaselsln IA which At evening IL IS buried.
SaRsas aaloaz the mountains. Il almost
tAkss oass bFealh swAY ~ recan The ssene
The long shadows stro1ehiay over tie plain
make tie glory of the departing light on tie
tiptop ersgs sad struck ashanti through the
foliage the more zF4nspicuoas 3aifroa and
gold. purple AID er.ll1soa conminglsSi All
ing Nascoss o. the sky hanging gardens
Of roses Al their deepest blush. Banners 4
vapors, rsd a. II from carnage, ia tha tattls
Of the elssaeul4 The hunter among the Adj
rondaeks ard tho Swiss villagsr among ths
Alts know What = = sunset among
the mountains After = storm a. sea
the rolling grandeur into which the sun go,s
down o. baEhe at nlxhtfall IS something %
make ueird and sPl-adia dreams out II for a
lifetime Alexander Saith ia his poem com
parss the sunset 70 .-tke barren beach OF hell. .
bat this wonderful spectacle OF nature ulakes
me think q the Furnished wall OF heaven.
Paul IA prison writing ny text remembers
some o. the gorgeous sunsets among ths
mountains Of ASIA Minor, snd how 10 hal
often seen tho towers q Damascus blazo in
the close of the Oriental days, and he rashe5
OUT that memory in the text when no says:
'-Lst not the sun 20 down upon your wrath 90
Sublime and al suggestive duty for people
then and people now Forgiveness before
sun4own- Ho sh0 never feels the throb Of
Indignation IS smbecile. Hs Who can walk
among the injrstices OF the world, inflicted
upon himself aud others, without a1sh OF
cheek OF Hash Of eye or agitation OF nature,
II either in sympathy with wrong or semi
idlotic- When AnAniss, the high priest, or
dered the constabies Of the court room 10
suite Paul IA the mouth, Paul fired up and
said; God shall smite thee, thou whited
wall In the sentence immediately before
my text Paul commands the Ephesians: BE
ye angry and SIN not IL all depends on
what you are mad AZ and how long tue feel
ing lasts whether anger Is right or wrong
Life Is fun Of exasrerationx Saul after
David, Succoth after Gideon, Korah after
Moses the Pasquins after Augustus, the
pharisces after Christ, and every one has had
his pursuers, and we are swindled or belied or
Inisrepresentci or pcrsecuted or in some way
wronged, and the dang.r Is that healthful
indignation shall beDme baieful spite, and
that our feelings settle down into a pro
longcd outpouring Of temper dispeasing to
God and ruiaous 20 ourselves, and hence the
important injunction o. the taxi: LET not
the sun 20 down OF your wrath
Why that limitation 20 ones angerf Why
that period Of flaming vapor set 20 punctuate
q flaming dispositioni What has the sunset
got 10 do with ones rcsentful emotional
Was IL a haphazard sentiment written by
Paul without special s.snificancel No, no;
think OF five reasons why we should not let
the sun set before cur temper sets.
First, because twelve hours is long enough
70 be cross about any wrong inflicted upon
US Nothing Is 50 exhaustiag 10 physical
| health or mental faculty as a protracted in
| diligence Of Ill humor. II racks the nervous
system it hurts the digestion, IL heats the
blood in brain and heart until the whole body
/ Is first overheated and then depressed Be
side that, It sours the disposition, turns one
aside from bis legitimate work, expends en-
ergiss that ought 20 be better employed, and
does US more harm tsan il does our antago-
I MIST. Paul gives Us good, wide al
lowance Of time for legitimate denunciation,
| from o'clock 70 6 o'clock, but saws: "Stop
there" Watch the descending orb OF day, and
T whea is reaches the horizon take reef in your
I disposition. Unloose your collar and cool
I Of Change the subject to something de-
I lightfully pleasant. Unroll your tight fist
and shake hands with some one Bank up
the fires az the ctIrfew bell Drive the
Z growing dog of enmity hack n its kennel
! The hours OF this morning VIII pass by, and
I the afternoon viii arrive, and the sun viii
I begin to sst, and l beg you on is blazing
hearth throw all your feuds, invcctives and
/ satiresl
Other things being equal tbe man who pre-
I serves good temper viii come ont ahead. An
+ old eSsayist SAYS that the celebrated John
/ Henderson OF Bristol, England. was at a
I dining party where political excitement ran
high and the debate got angry. and while
Henderson was speaking his opponent, un-
I able 90 answer bis argument. dashed a glass
q vine in his face, when the speaker delibcr-
oteiy wiped the liquid from his face AMI said:
This, sir i a depression. now. If you plsase,
I for the main argument" While worldly
/ philosophy could help but very few to such
/ equipoise of spirit the gsace of God could
I help any man % such n triumph. I'm
possitie,- you sav. Il would have either
left the table in anger or have
Knocked the man down But I have
come n believe that nothing "a impossible, Il
I God help. since what I saw At Beth-Shan
faith cure in Ioadon. England. two sum
nisrs ago While The religious service was
! going on Rsv nr Rosrdnan. glorious man.
snce rune 70 his heavenly rrSt, was telling
the scores II sick people present thst Christ
was thers a. cf old 20 heal ali diseases, and
that. IL theY would only believa. their sick
neSs would depart 7 Sa- woman near me,
with hand snd arm twisted = rheumatism.
snd her z-ist rss fer~ with Inflammation.
and & loo<sd Ike shoss csses Of chronic
rheun,sfiz-a which 80 hare al seen arsi sym
/ psthined With. Gases 7sJo1d al human heal
inz. At TIE preachers reitersfiou Of the
words WI rou believes Do you believe
Do yos helievs povF' hssrd this poor sick
woman say. VIII a. emphasis wsich sounded
thr5.igh Re tuiiaiuS i 10 believe And
then she lad h~r tss std srrn and band out a.
straight ~ your arm and hand. OF nine. II
hsd zen one ri=e from TIE de.d 7 would no
havs besn ruch uors thriiied. Since theu